Meanings
monial1
monial2
plural monials
- archaicChristianityA nun, especially one dedicated to an enclosed order.First known use 14th c.
For the first time since I had glimpsed her across the crowded ballroom I understood how I could have mistaken her for a monial of the order whose habit she wore.
1982, Gene Wolfe, chapter VII, in The Sword of the Lictor (The Book of the New Sun; 3), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 49
Origin
monial · noun
- Old Frenchmoinel
- Englishmonial
From Anglo-Norman, from Old French moinel, noun use of moienel (“middle”), from moien.
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- Late Latinmonialis
- Middle Frenchmonyalle
- Anglo-Normanmonyale
- Englishmonial
From Anglo-Norman monyale, Middle French monyalle, or their source, Late Latin monialis.
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monial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monial
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